nescience

nes·cience  (nshns, nsh-ns, nsh-, ns-ns, ns-)

n.

1. Absence of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

2. Agnosticism.

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[Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescins, nescient-, present participle of nescre, to be ignorant : ne-, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

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nescient adj. & n.

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nescience [ˈnɛsɪəns]

n

a formal or literary word for ignorance

[from Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescīre to be ignorant of, from ne not + scīre to know; compare science]

nescient  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nescience - ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) ignorantness, unknowing, unknowingness ignorance - the lack of knowledge or education